Phillips head

English

Alternative forms

• phillips head
• phillips-head
• Phillips-head

Etymology

From Phillips head screwdriver and Phillips head screw, by shortening; eponymous of Henry F. Phillips of Portland, OR, the inventor of the '+' shaped socket for screws.

Noun

Phillips head (plural Phillips heads)

1. A screwdriver with a '+' shaped head for turning screws so socketed.
2. A screw turned by such a screwdriver.

Translations

screwdriver

• Finnish: ristipääruuvimeisseli (fi)
• German: Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher (de)

• Russian: крестовая отвёртка (ru) (krestóvaja otvjórtka) f

screw

• Finnish: ristikantaruuvi (fi)
• German: Kreuzschlitzschraube (de)

• Russian: винт для крестовой отвёртки (ru) (vint dlja krestóvoj otvjórtki) m

Hypernyms

• screwdriver
• screw

Related terms

• Phillips head screwdriver
• Phillips head screw

Coordinate terms

• flathead
• hex head
• TORX head
• Robertson head
• square head
• flathead screw
• flathead screwdriver